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Friday, April 15, 2016

Promised at the Moon by Rebekah R. Ganiere

If he can save her from her past, she could be his
future.

Natasha Moon is running for her life. Though she’s managed to evade a forced
mating, she arrives at a California safe house with no idea if the parents who
entrusted her to an enigmatic Alpha are alive or dead.

The lone wolf who gets her to safety draws her like a magnet. But to him, she
seems to be just another shifter in need. Just another female he thinks he can
boss around.

Liam Grey avoids attachments at all costs. With his own demons to fight, he
sticks to relocating shifters in trouble, not playing social worker. But when
beautiful, fragile Natasha shows up desperate for more than just a place to
stay, his inner wolf howls for a chance to give—and be—everything she needs.

Liam has his hands full keeping Natasha safe from other shifters, and from his
own desire. But when Natasha’s ex-boyfriend tracks her down, Liam will have to
push beyond the brink to keep her for himself—or lose her for good.

Warning: Contains an Alpha who can’t help sticking his nose in where it’s
not wanted, and a feisty female who secretly wishes he’d rethink his paws-off
policy.

Angela – ☆☆☆Promised at the Moon was an
interesting start to a new shifter series by Rebekah R. Ganiere. The book jumps
right into the action with the reader joining Natasha on her mad dash through
the woods as she attempts to escape her ex-boyfriend, Daniel. The author hooked
me right into the book with the action and made Natasha’s fear so strong, that
I felt it as she ran toward freedom. When she heard two gunshots coming from
her home, I felt her fear rise as her worry that Daniel has murdered her
parents to keep them from preventing their mating. I felt her fear skyrocket
when, only feet from the escape vehicle, Daniel steps out of the woods to
thwart her escape. Fortunately for her, Natasha’s parents did not raise her to
be a little princess, despite being the Alpha’s daughter, and she’s able to get
away. And just as strongly as Ganiere was able to make me feel Natasha’s fear,
I felt her despair once grief set in about her parents’ likely murder.

So you can see why I was hooked – the action and suspense of the beginning
captured my attention thoroughly. Despite a major drop in action once Natasha
made her way from Virginia to California, I was intrigued by the book as
Ganiere’s shifters proved to be a bit different than what I’m accustomed to –
but not in a bad way, just different. In the Shifter Rising series, packs live
in very close proximity to one another, with an understanding between Alphas
that they will oversee their own packs, even if their territory overlaps a bit.
I’m not sure I’ve ever read a book in which more than one pack, in essence, cohabitated
within the same territory. I’m accustomed to very possessive and territorial
alphas, so this proved to be a refreshing change of pace. The difference that
really threw me, though, was the lack of a mating drive (or fated/true mates).
The absence of a mating call does not mean that a couple doesn’t mate for the
rest of their lives, because they do via bonding. But this difference is vital
to the storyline, to understanding why Natasha’s parents arranged for her to be
relocated once it became clear that Daniel planned to force the issue of their
mating.

I was surprised that Natasha wasn’t more vigilant after escaping Daniel.
Considering his promise to find her and the injury she inflicted upon him, I
would have expected her to be way more attentive to her surroundings. While
this made part of the ending a tad predictable, Ganiere still managed to keep
it fresh with other surprises. Promised
at the Moon is a new adult romance, so be prepared for a bit more angst
than you would expect to find in a paranormal romance because we’re dealing with
college age characters, some of whom are still adjusting to being uprooted to
California. Age, angst, and the lack of a strong mating call meant that the
romance had a bit of trouble getting off the ground at first, especially with
as hot and cold as Liam ran, and this gave it more of a human romance feel to
it than I prefer. But eventually, Liam gets out of his own way and proves that
he has what it takes to be the Alpha he was born to be. I was pleased with the
ending and I will be looking out for the next book in the series.

Rebekah R. Ganiere is a bestselling, award-winning author whose debut novel
released in January, 2014. Rebekah is either on the board of or a member of
several RWA chapters including the Fantasy, Futuristic & Paranormal
chapter, the YA chapter, and the Los Angeles and Orange County chapters. When
Rebekah isn’t writing she can be found cosplaying with her four kids, and
speaking on panels at San Diego Comic Con as well as Comic Cons all over the
West Coast.

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